Best and Spruill Attorneys and Counselors At Law Texas law firm Health law litigation and health law
Delta BestAllison SpruillDebra Molock

Our Diversified Practice Experience
Our Diversified Practice Experience

General Civil Litigation and Appellate Law
Best & Spruill, P.C.'s attorneys have a wide variety of general civil litigation and appellate experience, including: personal injury claims, wrongful death and survival actions, general negligence claims, medical malpractice litigationOur Diversified Practice Experience (focusing on defense of physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, and assisted living facilities), premises liability, workers' compensation (insured and non-subscriber), principal-agent liability, contract disputes, litigation involving state and federal agencies and governmental subdivisions, insurance coverage disputes, Deceptive Trade Practices, consumer protection, general insurance law, business commercial litigation, and employer/employee litigation; petitions for writ of mandamus (administrative tribunals, intermediate appellate courts, and Texas Supreme Court); civil appeals, petitions for review in the Texas Supreme Court.

Health Law
Best & Spruill, P.C.'s attorneys have extensive health law experience, including but not limited to representation of physicians, nurses, nursing homes, hospitals, home health agencies, ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis clinics, nursing home administrators, certified nurse and medication aides, independent living retirement communities, continuing care retirement communities. Best & Spruill has represented these health care providers in malpractice litigation, as well as before state and federal licensing agencies. Examples of Best & Spruill's health law regulatory experience includes: representing providers in informal dispute resolution or informal reconsideration proceedings, civil money or administrative penalty actions (both state and federal), denial or revocation of the facility's license, reimbursement issues (TILE audits and appeals), termination of Medicare/Medicaid provider agreements, and lawsuits by the Texas Attorney General for Medicaid fraud, abuse, neglect, injunctive relief and/or imposition of civil money penalties. Best & Spruill has also represented physicians, nurses, nursing home administrators, certified nurse aides, and certified nurse/medication aides before their respective licensure Boards and in peer review proceedings. Best & Spruill's attorneys have also taught Nursing Jursiprudence classes approved by the Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners, and the firm's attorneys regularly speak at universities and other educational facilities regarding various aspects of the health care industry and their impact on the legal climate.

Regulatory Matters/Administrative Law
Best & Spruill, P.C. has represented various health care providers (physicians, nurses, hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, assisted living facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis clinics, nursing home administrators, and certified nurse/medication aides) in state and Our Diversified Practice Experiencefederal regulatory matters and before their respective licensing boards and agencies. Examples include: challenging state and federal regulatory findings through informal dispute resolution or informal reconsideration proceedings, civil money and/or administrative penalty appeals, challenging proposed termination of Medicare/Medicaid provider agreements, opposing regulatory agencies' requests for injunctive relief and/or facility closure, license revocation, Medicaid fraud and abuse allegations, reimbursement disputes including TILE audit appeals.

Best & Spruill, P.C. has also represented individual defendants in non-health care proceedings before the State Office of Administrative Hearings, including to disputes involving utility districts and administrative license revocation proceedings associated with pending DWI charges (relating to license suspension for failure to submit to breath and/or blood specimen).

Employment Law
Best & Spruill, P.C.'s attorneys have experience representing employers and employees in both state and federal employment matters from the EEOC or Texas Workforce Commission stage through trial, including but not limited to wrongful discharge/termination, sexual discrimination, sexual harassment, Americans with Disabilities Act, and unemployment compensation disputes.

Risk Management
Best & Spruill, P.C. is actively involved in all areas of health care and employer risk management, including presenting seminars, developing facility-wide risk management protocols, facility consulting and "troubleshooting," and review/development/critique of policies and procedures.

Contracts
Best & Spruill has reviewed various types of contracts both in and out of the health care arena. Best & Spruill has successfully prosecuted and defended a variety of contract actions involving Medicare, Medicaid, utility districts, and governmental agencies. Best & Spruill has also prosecuted and defended claims under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Criminal Law (Misdemeanors)
Best & Spruill, P.C. has successfully defended cases involving allegations of Driving While Intoxicated (at trial and before administrative law judges regarding suspension of driver's license for refusing to submit to breath and/or blood specimen) and various types of assault.

Non-Traditional Family Law Matters
Best & Spruill, P.C. has represented clients regarding cohabitation issues outside of marriage, including asset transfer and protection, health care issues, real estate, probate, guardianship, and related matters.

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